Garment



Jan, 13, 1931. 5 THOMPSON 1,788,642

GARMENT Filed Oct. 3, 1927 auucmkoz flar g S. 772477 Patented Jan. 13, 1931 1 feARiviENr; Q

0 as to readily c'oiiipensateafor anyniovernents- Other obj ectsfand advantagesi 'of this inventibn willvbecometapparent: as the following description proceeds, particularly when I -5 reference is; had to the accompanying draw ings wherein Figure 1 is a rear :elevati'dnal yiewcf a garment constructed in accordance with my invention showing the same. as it appears :whenbeing Worn. 1" 1:: Figure 2 is a View similar to Figured-70f a 1' slightly modifiedjf orm' of garment;-

of a still further -modificaticn of v the form which my. inventionrm-ay aassume show in I also the qbodyef the wearer in -a-slightly di ferent positlonfand i L v Figure 4. is an enlarged, transverse sectional' view takenmonz I the 2 linen-4+4 of Figure 3; 1' 1 I Referring nowlparticularly to the draW- ings wherein like; reference characters: desig a n'ate corresponding parts; jthroughcut ;all;

1 yieW's10f the,samefthewnumeral"1Ofdesiga' vnates .generallyjthe @back, of an Pu'nder ggar 'ment. IThe front of the garmentis-no't;

' shown since thesame maybeof-anydesired form and constitutes no .1 part of the present;

invention. f v

I It is to be undejrst 0d, hdwever, that While I;v describe, my invention in connection with an under garment, the-asamegmay teem; bodied in a garment of anyc11aracter;='and.

garments *of any. character, Li? Y ,7

As shown; in li ignre 1 pflthe, drawing the v backf10 of thetgarmenty is divided into two sections .11 and 12 -respectively' While the front ofthe garment,;is;not shown, for: the

v5.. 'ma cnitha eesameemaybe of anydes ired Fignref3 *isifa View similar tojFigure c P 6 "that the term garment-Fats; used referstog C5haracte'r,; it will be dbviclis by l reference Q tel Figure 1 that the section f 11 is attached at its side -torthe right side 0f the front 'of thef garnienhgwhile the section 12 is icon n'ected atiits side to the left s ideofthe from e ofthe-garmelit. =Th e sections 1 1' and l2 are complementary to ieach other, teing air-j,

ranged'inoverlapping relation to each-Other f as at? 13 and-are free-.tcfmove'-Withrspect stitutesfthe 'righthand section, is provided with a-f'shenlder strap 14 Whi'1e'the-sectic1i'12 Which: 3"'ccnstitutes the leftha'nd- "sectio provided"Witha-shbulderstrap 15; "As" lso clearly ill nstrated'- in Figural-(if the '(lrav'vi 111g,- lthe shotilder straps" 14; and 15 cross each othr fithe s'trap l from the" right hand ,sectionbeing adapted to pass overthe left' shciilder for connection to thefle'ft s ide 0f i the ir'ont 0f thejgarment and thef'str'ap' I5 r from ithe' left-hand section F being" adapted -t'e' c pass "OVGI 'the right shoulder;- 'The s'tra ps at "their a point of crossing are not seciired V ,to,eachj}other in"any way-whatever and are 7 therefore" alsctree :tOi-inoye with:respect tp v 1 each other ''ErointliefaboYe;itwilli readily be sister; ent that:-- when the garment-is worn {any m'ov'emen off en'efarm ore One side efthe' j wearer ,Wltlirespect *tb' the. ether. arm cr to the othenside, will iinnfediatelybe coinp ensated-for by meveinent- 3 of one f'bf the 'back secjtit ns and; sits irrespective 'sheulder strap with r pct t0 the other back se'ctionand its shoulder strap'. garment will therefore findp articular utility for Wear during "athletic centests wherein freedom" of inbveinent I of-the {body is essentiah-'althoiighfit is t'o b'e= c1early understood that the garment is adapted for general Wear. iIn additieir to the garment Willi-immediately adjust itself to any deforrnity in the body (if the wearer so i thatithe garment will fitgcorrec'tly regardless' "of the) physical characteristics of P the 'person"Wearing-thefSameI 1 i ''W i G -it 3 p e e fl' ble t i- 10kwethe sections tting;=fremovement"of the bod-yof a the wearer; it yi ill b'e'f readily apparentthat lapped as at 13 and are provided withthe shoulder straps 14 and 15 respectively."

The sections. 11' and l2-a re attachedito each other by a tape 16, this tape being secured tothe section 12"'as 'by the stitching 17 and being extended for detachable engagement with a button 18 carried by-the section 11. Asillustrated, I prefer to locate thistape at apoint substantially near the middle of the back'whereby free movement of the sections of the upper portion of the back will 'notjbe hindered. {It-will readily be apparent that the upper sections of the back will, be free to move laterally inasmuch asthey may pivot about their points of attachment to the tape. Furthe'r'by using a tape,1I provide for. a slight relative longitudinal movement of the two sections [of the back this being permitted by slight'movements ofthe tape. I-nflthisway it will be seen that I provide for effecting a snug fit of the garmentwithout materially reducing the free movement eachother. V 7

' InfFigure 3 I have shown still'another means for effecting a snug fit of the-garment. In this form of my invention the sections 12 and 11 are provided with tapes 19 and 20 wh i ch attach thesections of'the back'together'inja manner similar to thetape of; the sections; of the back with respect to 1( 3,";b;ut whichdiffer from the tape 16 in that they are elastic. More particularly the tape l9 is sewed at; 21 toione'edge ofthe section 12?.andis sewedat 22 V to an adj acent; point on' the section-11%; The elastic tape 20 is arranged 1 on 3 the inner side of. the garment d te edz 23 to 'j h z l i l p i1? a t 2&1 to the section 12 The-elastic. tapes willpermit relatively free movement of the sections; of the back while holding thesaid sections in juxtaposition ".with. respect to each other. Further these elastic tapes :Will permit free opening of the back of the garmentsince they'may be'stretched to per-mlta folding back of the overlapping o sections"ofthe garment; 1: V v.

i any movement of thebody'of' the wearer While I have shown several forms which myinvention may assume, it isito be noted that all of the forms include complementary portions. relatively freely 'inovable" with respectto each other." It will therefore be apparent that when the garment isworn,

wi1l be; freely p'ermitteclby movement "of one of the sections relative to the other and to v makesuch changes in the details of conruct qniend arrangem of Parts as Will fall withinthepurview of the attached two sections which are freely movable rela' tive to: eachother in longitudinal and trans verse 7- directions to "'1 Icompensate for any movements'of'the body of the wearer, each section extending from one side of 'the'garment toward the opposite side and term1= nating'iin a free edge beyond the middle of the back whereby the sections form op posite sides of thelback,:'the"- free edge of each section'slightly overlappingthe free edge of the" other section throughout sub stantially itsentire, length, "and being spaced a' substantial'i distance 'from- 'the opposite side,iand shoulder straps carried by said sections, each shoulder strap extending over the shoulder opposite to' the side formed by its respective section.

21 111151 undergarment, a back formed of two s e 'ctionszwhich are freely movablerelativerto; each other! in longitudinal and transverse directions to compensate for any move merits-of? thebody of: the wearer, each sec} tion forming one leg portion of the back and a side portion corre'sponding to said leg portion andieach section extending from one side ofthe garment towards the" opposite side thereof and terminating in a free edge sections 1 form opposite sides of the 1 back, the free-edgeof each section extending from the shoulder of the garment to the crotch thereof; land eachfree edge j slightly oven lapping the free edge-of the other section throughout substantially its entire length andbeing spaced asubstantial distance from the'opposite side, andshoulder straps carby "said sections,"each shoulder strap extending over the shoulder opposite to the side formed-by' its, respective section.

In an undergarment, a back formed of two 'sec'tionswhichf are; freely movable relative to each other in'longitudinal and trans verse directions to compensate for any movements 'of the body of the "wearer, each section extending from one side of-the garment towardthe opposite side and terminating in a'free edge beyond the-middle of the back whereby the sections form opposite sides of the back, the free fedge of each section slightly overlapping the free edge of the other" 1 section throughout "substantially its entirelength and'being spaced asubstantial distance from the opposite side, shoulder V straps carried by said, sections, eachv shoulder strap extending over the shoulder opposite to the side formed byits respective section, and means loosely connecting the free edge position to each other while permitting 1 longitudinal and lateral movement of said i sections relative to each other.

' I In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

n-J HARRY, s. THOMPSON. 

